14 sustain burns as van catches fire

Fourteen passengers sustained burns, four among them critical, when a fire broke out in a passenger van near Police Checkpost on Nowshera Virkan Road here.

The van was on the way to Nowshera Virkan from Sheikhupura when the incident occurred. The injured were identified as Ismail, Asif, Allah Rakhi and Aftab who got severe injuries shifted to Lahore Hospital. According to eyewitnesses, the van driver had fixed a plastic can filled with petrol near a gas cylinder due to which the fire broke out and engulfed the van. The Sheikhupura Saddr Police are looking into the mater.